Create a Screensaver with PowerPoint

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Create a Screensaver with PowerPoint

• By Gena McCall Meredith
• District Five Schools of Spartanburg County

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Create a Blank PowerPoint Presentation

• Start PowerPoint
• Choose Blank presentation
• Click OK
• OR
• Choose New from the File menu
• Click Blank Presentation
• Click OK

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Choose an AutoLayout

• Click the blank slide in the bottom right corner
• Click OK

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Insert WordArt
WordArt

• Choose Picture then WordArt from the Insert
  menu.
• Double-click the WordArt form you like.
• Type Dont leave in the highlighted text box.
  Click OK.
• Use the corner handles to stretch the text to
  fill the screen.

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Insert a New Slide

• Choose New Slide from the Common Tasks toolbar
  or from the Insert menu.
• Choose the Blank slide.
• Add WordArt that reads Ill be right back!

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Present the Slide Show

• Click the up arrow on the right scroll bar to
  view the first slide.
• Click the Slide Show icon at the bottom of the
  screen, or choose Slide Show from the View
  menu.
• Click the mouse or press the right arrow key or
  the space bar to advance the slide show.

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Setting the Time Transitions

• Click the Slide Show menu and choose Slide
  Transition.
• Check the box next to Automatically after.
• Type 1 in the box.
• Click Apply to All.

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Make the Show Self-Running

• Choose Set Up Show from the Slide Show menu.
• Check Loop continuously until Esc.
• Click OK.

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Present the Slide Show

• Go up to the first slide.
• Click the Slide Show icon.
• Press the Esc key to end the slide show.

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Change the WordArt Colors

• Click the WordArt on the first slide to select
  it.
• Click the Format menu and choose WordArt.
• Choose a new Fill color.
• Choose a new Line color.
• Click OK.

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Adding Preset Animations

• Click the WordArt on the second slide to select
  it.
• Choose Preset Animation from the Slide Show
  Menu.
• Choose an animation.
• Run the slide show to test the effect.

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Save the Presentation

• Click the Save icon or choose Save from the
  File menu.
• Give the presentation a name that describes the
  show.
• Save it on your floppy disk.

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Create a Presentation with Text Boxes and Clip Art
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Insert a Text Box

• Create a new presentation and choose the Blank
  slide layout.
• Click the Text Box icon or choose Text Box
  from the Insert menu.
• Move the cursor near the top left part of the
  slide. Hold the mouse button down and drag to
  draw a text box across the slide.
• Choose 96 from the Font Size triangle.
• Type Get ready for your test.
• Click the Center Alignment button.

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Change the Text Color

• Click and drag to select the text.
• Click the triangle next to the Font Color
  button.
• Click More Font Colors Choose a color you like.

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Insert a New Slide

• Insert a new blank slide.
• Insert a text box across the slide.
• Change the font size to 96.
• Type Ill be right back.
• Click the Center Alignment button.
• Change the text color.
• Present the slide show.

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Make the Show Self-Running

• Click the Slide Show menu and choose Slide
  Transition to make the show run automatically.
• Choose Set Up Show from the Slide Show menu
  and choose Loop Continuously
• Click OK.

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Add Clip Art

• Go to the first slide.
• Click the Insert Clip Art icon or choose
  Picture and then Clip Art from the Insert
  menu.
• Find a picture you want to use.
• Press Enter twice to insert it into the slide.
• Drag to move the picture or use handles to change
  the size.
• Present the slide show.
• Save the presentation on your disk.

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The End